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JVDARRACH BOUQUET HOLDER. No. 278,514. Patented May 29,1883.

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UNITED STATES.

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I PATENT OFFICE.

BOUQUET-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 278,514, dated May 29, 1883. Application filed October 2, 1882. (No modeL) To all whoni'tt may concern Be it known that I, JULIA DARRAGH, a citi- -zen of the United States, residing at Newark,

in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented new'and useful Improve ments in Bouquet-Holders, of which the following is a specification. I

This invention relates to certain improvements upon that class of bouquet-holders which are provided with a pin or hook for attaching the same to a garment.

The invention consists in combining with the cup of a bouquet-holder having an attaching pin or hook, for connecting it with a gar- .ment, a pin carried by the holder and independent of the attaching-pin for entering an openingin the cup portiomso as to penetrate the butt or stem of the bouquet, and thereby retain the same within the cup.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a perspective view of my bouquetholder, partly in section. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section of the same in the plane or as, Fig. 1. Similar letters indicate corresponding parts. In the drawings, the. letter A designates a cup, which may be of any convenient size and shape, but which is made, by preference, in the shape of a cornucopia, just wide and deep enough to receive and retain the butt or stem of an ordinary bouquet. secured a pin, 13, which is, by preference, provided with a retaining-hook, a, and which serves to fasten the cup to the coat, dress, or other garment of the person intending to carry the bouquet. By this pin theoup is firmly re- To this cup is firmly serted into the cup A, I provide the sides of the cup with suitable perforations, and then I pass a pin, 1), transversely through the cup and through the butt or stem of the bouquet contained therein. This pin b is secured by means of an elastic strap, 0, to the cup in any convenient position. In the example shown in the drawings the cup is made of wire-netting, and the elastic strap is passed through the ring d of the pin or needle B, which serves to secure the cup to a garment, as about stated. By these means a very light cup can be produced, and a the pin 1) can be inserted at any place where it may have the best effect. The strap 0 is made double, so that it can be made to embrace the stem or butt of the bouquet and assist in steadying the same in its position in the cup A.

IVh at I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In combination with the cup of abouquetholder, havingperforations (one or more) in its body, and'an attaching-pin for fastening the cup upon a garment, a pin independent of the attaching-pin for penetrating the opening in the cup and the butt or stem of the bouquet for holding it within the cup, substantially as described. 2. The-combination, with the cup, the pin 13, and the additional pin b,of an elastic strap, 0, adapted to embrace the butt or stem of the bouquet which may be placed in the cup, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof'I have hereunto set my hand and seal in the presence of. two subscribing witnesses. i

JULIA DARRAGH. [L. s.] Witnesses:

W. HAUFF, EH1. KASTENHUBER. 

